Oxybelis potosiensis TAYLOR, 1941

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Gulf Coast Vine Snake G: Golfküste-Erzspitznatter
Synonym	Oxybelis potosiensis TAYLOR 1941 Dryinus aeneus – WAGLER 1824: 12 (part.) Oxybelis aeneus – DUMÉRIL et al. 1854: 819 (part.) Dryophis acuminata – GÜNTHER 1858: 156 (part.) Oxybelis acuminata – BOULENGER 1896: 192 (part.) Oxybelis aeneus auratus – BOGERT & OLIVER 1945: 381 Oxybelis aeneus – KEISER 1974: 7 Oxybelis potosiensis — JADIN et al. 2020
Distribution	Mexico (San Luis Postosí and northern Veracruz, southward to Yucatan, Querétaro), Belize Type locality: (32 mi) 36 km northwest of Ciudad Maíz (circa 22° 30′ N, 99° 56′ W), San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 5069 (23614), female, E. H. Taylor; Summer, 1940.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A vine snake with (1) two or three upper labials (4–5 or 4–5–6) bordering the orbit; (2) transverse black bars on the anterior body; (3) venter finely mottled, a stripe or stripes are not apparent; (4) eye diameter longer than preocular; (5) second pair of chin shields are in contact for most of their length; (6) nine upper labials, two or three upper labials behind the orbit; (7) snout from above is very broad, slightly tapered, and rostral is very rounded (snout type C); (8) supraocular and prefrontals about the same length; (9) last upper labial equal or greater in length than the primary temporal; (10) underside of head uniform white or cream; and (11) second upper labial does not contact the preocular. (Keiser 1974, Jadin et al. 2020).
Comment	Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018, by implication).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - get paper here Bogert, Charles M.; Oliver, James A. 1945. A preliminary analysis of the herpetofauna of Sonora. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 83 (6): 297-426 - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp. - get paper here Cruz-Elizalde R, Ramírez-Bautista A, Pineda-López R, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Rocha A, Fucsko LA, Wilson LD. 2022. The herpetofauna of Querétaro, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 16(1) [General Section]: 148–192 (e308) - get paper here Duméril, A. M. C., Bibron, G. & DUMÉRIL, A. H. A., 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: i-xii + 781-1536 - get paper here Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281 - get paper here Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here Jadin RC, Jowers MJ, Orlofske SA, Duellman WE, Blair C, Murphy JC 2021. A new vine snake (Reptilia, Colubridae, Oxybelis) from Peru and redescription of O. acuminatus. Evolutionary Systematics 5(1): 1-12 - get paper here Jadin, R.C., Blair, C., Orlofske, S.A. et al. 2020. Not withering on the evolutionary vine: systematic revision of the Brown Vine Snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Oxybelis) from its northern distribution. Org Divers Evol (2020) - get paper here Keiser, E. D., Jr. 1974. A systematic study of the neotropical vine snake Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler). Bull. Texas Mem. Mus. 22: 1-51. Melgar-Martínez, A. I., Ruan-Soto, F., Chankin-Chankayun, E., García-Padilla, E., Villalobos-Juárez, I., Mata-Silva, V., López-Esquivel, E.A.,Fucsko, L.A.; Lavariega, M.C.; Johnson, J.D.; Lazcano D. & Wilson, L. D. 2023. The amphibians and reptiles of the Northern Selva Lacandona:: Nahá and Metzabok, Ocosingo, Chiapas, México; with some ethnoherpetological notes. Biología y Sociedad, 6(12), 48-78 - get paper here Taylor, Edward H. 1941. Herpetology Miscellany, No. II. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 27 (7): 105-132 - get paper here Tepos-Ramírez M, Garduño-Fonseca FS, Peralta-Robles CA, García-Rubio OR, Cervantes Jiménez R 2023. Annotated checklist of amphibians and reptiles from Querétaro, Mexico, including new records, and comments on controversial species. Check List 19(2): 269-292 - get paper here Wagler, J. 1824. Serpentum Brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens. In: Jean de Spix, Animalia nova sive species novae. [NAtrix bahiensis: 27,. Monaco, Typis Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni, vii + 75 pp. - get paper here
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